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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: A Traveller’s Notebook

Right so after the euphoria of the fact Don’t Stop Living is SIX years old today dies down, it’s back to basics – and on a Tuesday, that means a travel essential. Today it’s the MAIN essential I have used for the last six years for this travel blog. NOT my laptop – that’s right Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: A Traveller’s Notebook[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Washing Your Backpack

I’m a dirty traveller a lot of the time. It comes from sleeping in tents, cheap hostels, floors of airports and often having the option of only cold showers. But aside from all this I LOVE a hot shower and I LOVE to keep everything clean. So this week is backpack cleaning time. It’s been Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Washing Your Backpack[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Keeping Healthy on the Road – 3 Activities to do

As we travel, keeping healthy is the most important thing. It can be gruelling on long bus journeys and hikes to get your energy back but here are three activities you can do while you travel to keep you in good shape. Cycling, hiking and ski-ing. I’m a big fan of the first two at Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Keeping Healthy on the Road – 3 Activities to do[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Leaving Your Car at Airports

On today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials I’m talking about leaving your car at airports. It’s something that families do a lot and it might surprise you to know that I have owned two cars in my lifetime, and frequently used the easy option of parking at airports (I’ve even slept in my car at an airport!). Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Leaving Your Car at Airports[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Avoiding Insect Bites!

Today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials combines a few of the things I have written about before. You might have read my posts about Anti Malaria tablets and Insect Repellent before BUT I cannot stress enough how essential it is to be safe on your travels health wise. Here’s my top 5 tips on avoiding insect Bites! 1. Carry Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Avoiding Insect Bites![…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: A Pen

Today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials a return to sensible and a return to complete obvious. One of the GREATEST INVENTIONS of all time. A pen! I personally couldn’t travel the world without having a pen or access to a pen. Here’s a few travel related things that I use a pen for: 1. To write Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: A Pen[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Doing a Shit, 13 Travel Tips

On Tuesday’s Travel Essentials I aim to cover as many aspects to travel as I can. Without further ado, and with no apologies for the use of the word “shit” here are my tips on doing a shit on your travels. Yes, travellers need to shit too. We also go to the toilet… 1. Always Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Doing a Shit, 13 Travel Tips[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Luggage Storage

I often get asked how on earth I can keep travelling the world with big backpacks. The question is usually asked by those who haven’t travelled that much and so this post is for the benefit of you guys – to show you how easy it is to travel the world with a lot of Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Luggage Storage[…]